411 Successful on Paper, Drowning in Real Life A Better Way to Steward Your Time, ft Robin Goad

About this episode

Robin Goad shares her journey from high-achieving success to finding soul-deep alignment, emphasizing the importance of living from peace rather than performance.

Doing all the right things—but still feel off? In this episode, I’m joined by Robin Goad , author, speaker, and former technology executive, who shares her journey from high-achieving success to soul-deep alignment. After decades of chasing performance-based success, Robin realized she was “successful on paper but silently drowning” in real life. Now, she helps women break free from performance and step into a faith rooted in relationship, not striving. Here’s what we cover in this episode: How to recognize when you’re performing instead of living from peace The “Mouth, Money, Month” audit to reveal where your time and energy are actually going Why tying your identity to your output leads to burnout—and how to break free Robin challenges the belief that we have to earn our rest or prove our worth—and instead invites us to pause, realign, and live from who God says we already are. It’s time to stop performing… and start living with purpose, peace, and clarity. Find Robin’s book Girl by Birth, Woman by Fire on Amazon YOU. HAVE. TIME.  Lissa + Robin P.S. If you’re tired of feeling busy but not seeing results, I created a private audio experience called Busy to CEO: The Time…

People in this episode

Host: Lissa Figgins

Guest: Robin Goad

Topics covered

• time management
• faith
• personal growth
• burnout
• identity
• performance

Keywords

• time stewardship
• performance-based success
• faith
• burnout
• identity
• personal alignment

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Girl by Birth, Woman by Fire

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